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Earn points during unscheduled maintenance

Forum|Forum|11 months ago
September 16, 2025
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- We are still working hard to earn more points during this time, it has been more than 2 weeks now and I am not sure when the maintenance will be completed, should I continue to earn points? The number of tasks I have done is gradually running out and my score is quite high, I am gradually feeling impatient because I keep earning points without bringing any benefits, I do not know how you feel? Are you still persistent in earning points every day or have you paused and waited for the maintenance to finish to continue earning points?

SereneSeagull

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Take a screen shot of your points, I’ve heard that can help prove what you’ve earned if any glitches. Read that from reading other posts.

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WollwertW634805Author

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@SereneSeagull Are you still trying to earn points everyday or have you stopped for now??

debiva

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When the site is working properly, my husband and I both usually earn at least a few points each day. Since the glitch, however, it has been few and far between. I guess I missed where to go to find quizzes to do. I have clicked on a few links that people have posted to do quizzes, but it is a pain and half the time does not work. I am pretty much over it.

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WollwertW634805Author

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@SereneSeagull aarp still encourages users to earn points, but if the wait is too long and the system is back up and running, millions of users will rush to redeem their huge accumulated points at once. This could cause a financial shock to the program and could even crash the system again due to overload.

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RenateW69623

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I'm not sure if it will be a financial shock to the program, since I doubt they will offer any more rewards than they have in the past, and they are saving money by not offering any rewards during this shutdown. But it could be a technical overload (similar to the extra credit rewards at the start of every month), which I agree will probably crash the system. But some members may just give up on the program, so might not be around if it ever comes back up for rewards.

SereneSeagull

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I’m not holding my breath for it.

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RenateW69623

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I am still earning max points every day, but as my point total gets higher, I will probably cut back. If the rewards ever come back, I will probably enter more sweeps than I normally do, since I now have enough points for that (even though that is a black hole for points, since the probably of winning is almost nil).

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ch12713064

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Yes, that's exactly what I'm thinking--who cares about earning *more* points if I can't redeem the points I already have? Everyone will be rushing to redeem their 3 rewards once the site is up no matter what they're offering. It'll be a mess.

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MariaK113398

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I am starting to lose interest in earning points if I can't redeem them. Also I think something more serious than "maintenance" is going on and that has me worried. If it's a data breach or something along those lines then I wonder if I am making things worse for myself by earning points.

SummerOnTheWay1

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📎 [9/16/25] Hi Maria @MariaK113398 , alot of us are thinking the same thing & have taken these steps to secure our Personal Information.

(a) Changed ALL passwords used on the AARP site.

(b) Frozen our credit reports with the 3 credit agencies.

(c) Canceled credit card used to purchase giftcards.

*** I still EARN points when I think of it. NO more maxing out daily like I use to. Lol, this way I DO NOT get p.ssed off IF they "expire or get taken away" BEFORE I can use them. Yes, I am concerned too & wonder WHY there has been NO MEDIA coverage. Take care, Nicole!

➡️[*** MARIA

@MariaK113398 wrote:
I am starting to lose interest in earning points if I can't redeem them. Also I think something more serious than "maintenance" is going on and that has me worried. If it's a data breach or something along those lines then I wonder if I am making things worse for myself by earning points.

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LindaD384658

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How do you earn points now if the system is down? I continue to log in daily but I am losing interest. Plus, the points expire, don't they?

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ll4160

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I find it difficult to find the quizzes/videos to get points during “Maintenance”. The points we had prior shouldn’t expire during their downtime. I’m getting rather tired of the limited benefits from the points in regard to the time I spend daily to earn them. The “winnings” fall short from all the time consumed here.

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KristBelt

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I just take one quiz or watch one video each day, just in case the points will be worth anything, but I'm not hopeful.

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